1996 World Series of Poker
Series of poker tournaments
The 1996 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was a series of poker tournaments held at Binion's Horseshoe . The 1996 World Series featured the first woman to win an open event outright when Barbara Enright won the $2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em event.
Preliminary events
Event
Winner
Prize
Runner-up
$1,500 Chinese Poker
Gregory Grivas (1/1)
$37,200
Charles Burris
$2,000 Limit Hold'em
David Chiu (1/1)
$396,000
David Shu
$1,500 Seven Card Stud
Gary Benson (1/1)
$148,200
Billy Cohen
$1,500 Limit Omaha
Dody Roach (1/2)
$102,600
Men Nguyen (0/3)
$1,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split
John Cernuto (1/1)
$147,000
Lonnie Heimowitz
$1,500 Razz
Randy Holland (1/1)
$87,000
Joe Aurelio
$1,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split
Adeeb Harb (1/1)
$155,815
Noli Francisco
$1,500 No Limit Hold'em
John Morgan (1/1)
$227,815
George Githens
$1,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys
Jim Huntley (1/1)
$168,600
Phil Mazzella
$1,500 Pot Limit Hold'em
Al Krux (1/1)
$156,375
Gerardo Crespi
$2,500 Seven Card Stud Hi-Lo Split
Frank Thompson (1/1)
$94,000
Ted Forrest (0/3)
$5,000 No Limit Deuce to Seven Draw w/Rebuys
Freddy Deeb (1/1)
$146,250
Mickey Appleman (0/3)
$2,500 Omaha Hi-Lo Split
Men Nguyen (1/4)
$110,000
Matthias Rohnacher
$1,500 Ace to Five Draw
Hans Lund (1/2)
$71,400
John Henson
$5,000 Chinese Poker w/Rebuys
Jim Feldhouse (1/1)
$50,000
Eli Balas (0/1)
$3,000 Limit Hold'em
Donny Kerr (1/1)
$200,400
Michael Halford
$2,500 Seven Card Stud
Marty Sigel (1/2)
$144,000
Annie Duke
$2,500 Pot Limit Omaha w/Rebuys
Sam Farha (1/1)
$145,000
Brent Carter (0/2)
$2,500 Pot Limit Hold'em
Barbara Enright (1/3)
$180,000
Stan Goldstein
$5,000 Seven Card Stud
Henry Orenstein (1/1)
$130,000
Humberto Brenes (0/2)
$2,500 No Limit Hold'em
Mel Weiner (1/1)
$250,315
John Spadavecchia (0/1)
$5,000 Limit Hold'em
Tony Ma (1/1)
$236,000
John Bonetti (0/3
$1,000 Ladies' Seven Card Stud
Susie Isaacs (1/1)
$42,000
Nikki Harris
Main Event
There were 295 entrants to the main event.[ 1] Each entrant paid $10,000 to enter the tournament, with the top 27 players finishing in the money.
Final table
Name
Number of chips (percentage of total)
WSOP Bracelets*
WSOP Cashes*
WSOP Earnings*
John Bonetti
794,000 (26.9%)
3
16
$877,582
Huck Seed
632,000 (21.4%)
1
11
$392,508
An Tran
596,000 (20.2%)
1
22
$340,673
Bruce Van Horn
524,000 (17.8%)
0
2
$22,360
Men Nguyen
252,000 (8.5%)
4
20
$807,412
Andre Boyer
153,000 (5.2%)
0
1
$8,010
*Career statistics prior to the beginning of the 1996 Main Event.
Final table results
In The Money Finishes
NB: This list is restricted to In The Money finishers with an existing Wikipedia entry.
Place
Name
Prize
10th
David Chiu (0/1)
$31,200
13th
Chau Giang (0/1)
$27,300
16th
Berry Johnston (0/4)
$23,400
17th
Dan Harrington (0/2)
$23,400
18th
Frank Henderson (0/1)
$23,400
19th
John Esposito
$19,500
21st
Peter Vilandos (0/1)
$19,500
24th
Hal Kant (1/1)
$19,500
25th
Donnacha O'Dea
$19,500
26th
Lucy Rokach
$19,500
References
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